Something for everyone to do...

The Aire Valley has a bit of something for everyone. You don’t even need to leave our cities to discover this green and blue ribbon that links our communities and beauty spots.

There's lots of different ways to explore the river in the links below. Some our new, others have been developed over teh years by people who love our river.

Throughout our DNAire project our volunteers will help us write a series of walks along the river called Discovering the Natural Aire. Each one will share one of our favourite places on the river.

Discover the natural aire

Riverside walks written by Developing the Natural Aire volunteers

Explore Bradford's Becks

Discover hidden becks with walks by Friends of Bradford's Becks

Take to the water

British Canoeing's trail explores the river and canal in Bingley

Family Activities

Downloadable riverside fun as part of Developing the Natural Aire

Highlights of the river

A story map of highlights of the river

Have a go sessions

Try fishing and canoeing with us in summer 2021

For many people being by water is a calming experience. Rivers are a great place for walks or just to be in the moment. As part of DNAire, The Aire Rivers Trust runs weekly walks in Saltaire and Apperley Bridge in partnership with the NHS. Champions Lead The Way walks form part of the NHS social proscribing programme to help people achieve better physical and mental wellbeing.

To discover more about walks we run and volunteering click below.VIEW EVENTS PROGRAMME >Over the life of the project we are partnering with Bradford CHA to walk the length of the river from Gargrave to Leeds along the Airedale Way. These are open to all and are fantastic way to walk as part of a supportive group or meet new people. Plans had been on hold during lockdown but we are gradually making plans to get this under way.

Explore their events programme with the button below to find the long distance trail divided into a series of short walks.
BRADFORD CHA WALKS IN AIREDALE >

In conjunction with our friends at Pyramid Arts, and to celebrate the new fish pass at Armley MIlls, we started asking people during lockdown to make their own piece of 'fishy art' to be shown at an exhibition in the Armley Mills Museum in 2021.

Find out more details by clicking the button below.

FISH WORKS OF ART >

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